Improvement in droffing-flatform for harvesters



E. PCADY.

Harvester Dropper.

N0.'102,914. I I Patented May 10, 870.

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EDSON IQOADY, OFITRENTON, WISCONSIN.

Letters Patent No. 102,914, dated May 10, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT m DROPPING-PLATFORM FOR HARVESTERS.

The Schedule refen-edfto in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame Be -it'know'i1 thatI, EDSON P. OADY, 'of Trenton, in the county ofDodge and State of Wisconsin, have invented a-new and useful Improvementin Harvesters; and -I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use'the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing forming part of this specification. i r

This invention relates'to a new and useful improvement in droppers forharvesters; and 7 It consists in the arrangement'and connection of theapron or.deli\'ery-plate' with the platform of the 4 reaper, ashereinafter specified.

The accompanying drawing represents an outline top or plan-view of areaping-machine, with my delivery-plate attached.

Similar letters of vreference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the platform of the reaper. Bgrepresents an extension of thesickle-bar, to which my delivery-plate is attached.

, O is the delivery-plate. This plate is made of sheet metal, or of anysuitable material, and is hinged unattached to the extension portion ofthe sickle-bar in any manner, so that its outer end will hang looselyand drag on the stubble, and leave the cut grain in proper position onthe ground. r

This improvement isadapted to all reaping-machines which deliver thegrain from the side of the platform. v

In building new machines with the improvement,

oriuattaching the improvement'to old machines, the

platform is cut off where the cut of the sickle terminates. A

In attaching the delivery-plate to the common reaper, a rod may beextended from thef'platform for attaching it.

In raking heavy grain-from the platform of the or-. dinaryharvestirig-machine, the-"heads pitch into the stubble so near theplatform of the reaper that the butts are carried round by the motion ofthe machine,

which necessarily leaves the grain in bad condition for binding. r

The grain is much scattere'ch'and the bnttslare in a veryunevencondition on the'ground, making it extremely hard work for the rake!- toplace it in proper position; i g

By my improvement the grain strikes the plate,

and slides from it in as. good position for binding as it .was when onthe platform of the reaper.

This is a ver sim 1e and chea arran ement greatly lessening the labor ofharvesting by adding materially to the-perfect operation of the machine.

Having thus described my invention,

- I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The plate 0,hinged at one end to the extension B of the sickle-bar, and at the sideof the platform A, its free end resting ontthe ground, so that it maydef liver the grain, as set fortl v E. P. OADY.

Witnesses N. E. ALLEN,

C. B. BEEBE.

